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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. SEVERANOE STEWART AND SAMUEL B. PIERCE, OF HOMER, NEW YORK.

CU RTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,630, dated July 24, 1866; antedated July 15, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, J. SEvERANcE S'rEw ART and SAMUEL B. PIERCE, of Homer, Oortland county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Raising and Lowering Window-Shades 5 and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the frame or window to which this shade is attached. B is the shade, which is made of any of the known materials, being provided with a roller, G, upon which the shade is wound at the top, and a weight, K, at the lower eX- tremity. Attached to the top and left-hand corner o1" the frame A is a block, D, which has an opening cut to receive the end of the roller C. At each end of the roller O there is a screw which holds the roller in its place.

G, Fig. 2, represents the brake-block, which is secured to the upper right-hand corner of the frame A, and with an opening, cut suitable for the end of the roller vto rest in. The end of the roller G is provided with a spool which sits between the block G and brake E. The brake E is hinged to the block G on the upper side, as seen at F, on the under side of said brake, and directly beneath the hinge F there is a piece of leather, K, or other suitable material, attached, which rests against the roller C, acting as a friction-brake.

L represents the cord, one end of which is fastened to the spool on the roller O and passes through thebrake E, said cord being provided with a tassel, H, which acts as a weight and hangs loosely to the side of the frame. This cord raises or lowers the window-shade, as desired, and by means of the tassel or weight H holds the shade in the position required.

By drawing the tassel H toward you the brake is thrown slightly from the block G, when the shade can be easily raised or lowered by giving the cord a downward motion, or allowing the cord to pass through the hand, when the weight K carries the shade down.

It will be seen by dropping the cord the weight or tassel H carries the brake E toward the block G, when the friction of the leather against the roller O prevents the shade from dropping.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The brake-block G, constructed substantially as and for the purposes herein ser forth.

2. The combination ofthe roller O, the brake E, the cord L, with weight H attached, the several parts being arranged substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In witness that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of witnesses.

J. SEVERANGE STEWART. SAML. B. PIERCE. Witnesses C. M. ALEXANDER, J. M. MASON. 

